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A Photo Tribute To One Of The All-Time Greats, Tommy Walsh

A Photo Tribute To One Of The All-Time Greats, Tommy Walsh
Conor Neville
By Conor Neville
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One of the greatest hurlers of all time, Tommy Walsh announced his retirement this morning live on KCLR in Kilkenny. He won nine All-Ireland titles and even more astonishingly, won nine All-Stars in a row between 2003 (the first year he was a regular starter) and 2011.

Was there a more beautiful sight to Kilkenny supporters than that of Tommy Walsh, 5ft nothing, sailing through the air, catching balls over the heads of lads a foot taller than him?

Here is our photo tribute to the man for whom the word 'swashbuckling' could have been invented.

All photos courtesy of Sportsfile.

We saw his mettle early on

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One rousing clearance after another...

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He ruled the skies during the 2011 All-Ireland final

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Brian Gavin apologised to him shortly afterwards for getting in the way of his hurley

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2009 Hurler of the Year: He took a lot of punishment that year

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He disposed of the red helmet for the 2007 All-Ireland final

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Lar was always desperate to talk to him

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2012 was his last All-Ireland on the field of play

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He didn't mind flying hurls

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Willie John McBride's maxim about backward steps? Tommy didn't need to be told 

 

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Too many All-stars tours...

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 He togged for Ireland in the hurling/shinty international in 2009, 2010 and 2012

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He hurled Fitzgibbon Cup for UCC

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Celebrating with the boss

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No ego: Was always ready to come off the bench

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The Definitive Tommy Walsh image

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